(Reuters) – U.S. sports-betting service BetMGM said on Monday it expects revenue to grow in the second half of the year and into 2025, banking on demand from punters looking to cash in on the National Football League (NFL) season. “We have exceeded our goals for both acquisition and retention, which should lead to higher…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s election campaign said on Sunday it has raised $200 million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers in the week since she became the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid on Sunday last week and endorsed Harris for the Nov. 5…
By Aditya Soni (Reuters) – Microsoft investors will have one big question when the tech giant reports earnings on Tuesday: has growth in its Azure cloud-computing business picked up enough to justify the billions of dollars being spent on artificial intelligence infrastructure? Widely seen as the front-runner in the race to make money from AI,…
By Lisa Barrington (Reuters) -Flights to and from Beirut airport were cancelled or delayed on Monday as tensions escalated between Israel and armed political group Hezbollah after a strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 children and teenagers. Air France said on Monday that due to the security situation at the destination, it will…
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle endorsed Kamala Harris’ bid for president on Friday in a roughly one-minute long video that captured a private phone call between the couple and the current vice president. “We called to say Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and…
(Reuters) -3M Co raised the low end of its full-year adjusted profit forecast on Friday expecting to benefit from restructuring measures and increasing demand for electronics, sending its shares up more than 4% in premarket trading. The company has benefited from steady price increases across categories, which have helped it offset inflation and slow demand…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops battled Palestinian fighters in Khan Younis in southern Gaza and destroyed tunnels and other infrastructure, as they sought to suppress small militant units that have continued to hit troops with mortar fire, the military said on Friday. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said troops had killed around 100 Palestinian fighters…
(Reuters) – YouTube speeds in Russia are set to sharply decline on desktop computers due Google’s failure to upgrade its equipment in Russia and its refusal to unblock channels of Russian media, a senior lawmaker close to the authorities said on Friday. Russia has criticised Alphabet’s Google for taking down YouTube channels of Russian media…
PARIS (Reuters) – Google Cloud will use Mistral AI’s Codestral artificial intelligence model for Google’s Vertex AI service, Google Cloud said on Wednesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: The partnership highlights the rapid growth and popularity of Mistral AI, which many analysts view as the European alternative to the Microsoft-backed OpenAI. Google, meanwhile, is building its own…
(Reuters) -Chipotle Mexican Grill surpassed market estimates for quarterly sales on Wednesday as demand for its rice bowls and burritos held up even as prices increased, lifting its shares about 15% in extended trading. The California-based chain has been able to buck a larger slowdown in customer traffic within the U.S. restaurant industry, partly because…
